Patna: Akash Thakur of Samastipur beat Akshar Athar of Patna 21-12, 21-14 to move into the next round of the men’s singles at the Li-Ning Bihar Senior State Badminton Championships at Ara Club in Ara on Tuesday.
Khooshee Kumar Pankaj of Jehanabad beat Majid Navi of Darbhana 22-20, 21-11 to advance into the round of 32.
Earlier, Ara mayor Indu Devi inaugurated the tournament. Power Grid’s deputy general manager, HK Chanchal and Bihar Badminton Association secretary, KN Jaiswal, were the special guests on the occasion.
The guests inaugurated the tournament by lighting the lamp and getting introduced to the players. Bhojpur District Badminton Association secretary Dr Kanhaiya Singh anchored the event.
Results:
S.NO EVENT MATCH NO ROUND WINNER DISTRICT LOOSER DISTRICT SCORE
01 MS 02 R64 ADITYA KAUSHIK BEGUSARAI AYUSH KUMAR BETTIAH W/O
02 MS 04 R64 AKASH THAKUR SAMASTIPUR beat AKSHAR ATHARAV PATNA 21-12,21-14
03 MS 06 R64 KHOOSHEE KR. PANKAJ JEHANABAD beat MAJID NABI DARBHANGA 22-20,21-11
04 MS 07 R64 SATYAM PRAKASH VAISHALI beat RANJAN KR.GUPTA MADHUBANI 21-14,23-21
05 MS 08 R64 RAJ ARYAN NAWADA beat ANUP RANJAN SAHARSA 21-15, 21-13
06 MS 10 R64 AASIANT BISWASH KATIHAR ANIL KUMAR GAYA W/O
07 MS 12 R64 GOPAL KUMAR PATNA beat ABHIRAJ PURNEA 21-16, 21-14
08 MS 14 R64 ANKUR SRIVASTAVA PATNA beat ASHUTOSH KUMAR BHOJPUR 21-15,21-16
09 MS 15 R64 HRISHIKESH KR. SINGH PATNA beat VINEETV KUMAR PATNA 21-16,19-21,23-21
10 MS 16 R64 SANTU KUMAR MUNGER beat SIDHARTH NALANDA 21-11,21-13
11 MS 17 R64 SAMPURN SAHARSA beat RISHAV RAJ SAMASTIPUR W/O
12 MS 18 R64 RITESH KUMAR BHAGALPUR beat MANASH SHARMA PATNA 21-14 21-13
13 MS 19 R64 HARSH MANI SINGH DARBHANGA beat VINEET VAISHALI 21-19,21-06
14 MS 21 R64 AMBUJ PRAKASH JEHANABAD beat KUMAR SUPRASHANT DEEP KHAGARIA 21-14, 21-14
15 MS 23 R64 DHEERAJ NARAYAN SINGH KATIHAR beat MANISH KUAMR SINGH SIWAN 21-16,
21-13 16 MS 25 R64 SAUARAV KUAMR GAYA beat MUKUL PRABHAT BEGUSARAI 21-06, 21-15.